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  Hong Kong Open: PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy reach second round

  November 13, 2019 13:55 IST

  PV Sindhu defeated Korea's Kim Ga Eun 21-15, 21-16 in the first round of the Hong Kong Open while HS Prannoy beat China's Huan Yu Xiang 21-17, 21-17.

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  Hong Kong Open: Saina Nehwal bows out in first round once again

  November 13, 2019 10:20 IST

  Saina Nehwal lost to China's Cai Yan Yan 13-21, 20-22 in first round of Hong Kong Open.

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  Kathuniya claims bronze at Worlds, 2 more Indians seal Tokyo 2020 slots

  November 12, 2019 23:40 IST

  Praveen Kumar had ensured India's sixth qualification spot on Monday evening with a fourth-place finish in the men’s high jump T64 final. He attained a personal best clearing the bar at 1.92 metres.

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  Sai Praneeth in top 10 while Srikanth slips to 13th in BWF rankings

  November 12, 2019 23:07 IST

  Sai Praneeth, who had won bronze at the World Championships in August, moved to top 10 while Srikanth, who was at 10th in the previous week, dropped out of the top bracket.

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  PV Sindhu still our best bet, crammed schedule problem: Gopichand

  November 12, 2019 22:24 IST

  Gopichand also heaped praise on doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy who bagged the BWF Super 500 badminton tournament after they clinched the Thailand Open in August.

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  Hong Kong Open: Srikanth gets 1st round walkover after Momota pull-out, Sourabh in main round

  November 12, 2019 20:52 IST

  Srikanth was to play against Momota in the first round on Wednesday but the Japanese world number one pulled out of the tournament on Tuesday. The reasons for his withdrawal were not known.

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  Sourabh Verma qualifies for main draw of Hong Kong Open

  November 12, 2019 12:41 IST

  Sourabh defeated Thailand's Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk 21-15, 21-19 and Lucas Claerbout of France 21-19, 21-19 to make it to the main draw of the $ 400,000 tournament.

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  Feels surreal to have scored the goal that secured Olympic qualification: Rani Rampal

  November 11, 2019 17:21 IST

  Rani Rampal scored the decisive goal which secured India a place in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

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  World Para Athletics Ch'ships: Sundar defends title, secures Paralympic quota

  November 11, 2019 16:06 IST

  Sundar Singh Gurjar defended his World title to take India's overall medal tally to four, and also secured a place in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games.

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  Saurabh Chaudhary wins silver in Asian Shooting Championship

  November 11, 2019 15:36 IST

  17-year-old Saurabh Chaudhary won the silver medal in the 10m air pistol event at the ongoing Asian Shooting Championship.

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  Angad Bajwa, Mairaj Khan add to India's Olympic quota places in shooting

  November 10, 2019 19:33 IST

  Their medals ensured India secured an unprecedented 15 quota places for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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  Shooter Aishwary Tomar secures India's 13th Olympic quota for best-ever haul

  November 10, 2019 17:30 IST

  Tomar shot 449.1 in the eight-man finals to finish third on the podium behind gold medallist Kim Jonghyun (459.9) of Korea and Chinese Zhonghao Zhao (459.1) at the Lusail Shooting Complex.

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  Weeks before wedding, tennis star Prajnesh's father passes away

  November 09, 2019 19:57 IST

  Prabhakaran was not keeping well for the last few months, which necessitated regular visits to the hospital in Chennai.

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  Official: Mary Kom to appear in national trials for 2020 Olympic Boxing Qualifiers

  November 09, 2019 19:37 IST

  Putting an end to speculation, High Performance Director Santiago Nieva confirmed that all the women boxers vying for a place in India squad will appear for the national trials in December.

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  'Opportunity to complete unfinished business': Captain Manpreet on 2023 Hockey World Cup

  November 09, 2019 17:05 IST

  Manpreet, the captain of Indian hockey team, has said that the side has the chance to complete unfinished business at the 2023 World Cup.

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  Satwik-Chirag lose in semifinals to end campaign at China Open

  November 09, 2019 16:43 IST

  The Indian duo opened up a 7-4 lead early on but they lacked the angles in their attack as their opponents managed to enter the break with an 11-9 lead after Satwik faltered with his return.

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  Tejaswini Sawant bags India's 12th Olympic quota in Shooting

  November 09, 2019 15:52 IST

  Tejaswini Sawant secured the 12th quota in Olympics for Shooting after qualifying for the final of the women's 50m rifle 3 positions event.

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  Watch: Sandeep, Sumit create world records in World Para Athletics Ch'ships, clinch gold and silver

  November 08, 2019 23:09 IST

  Sandeep Chaudhary and Sumit created world records to clinch gold and silver medal respectively at the World Para Athletics Championships.

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  2022 CWG: CGF president to meet IOA officials to discuss boycott threat

  November 08, 2019 19:20 IST

  Commonwealth Games Federation chief Louise Martin will meet IOA officials led by Narinder Batra to discuss the boycott threat for 2022 CWG, following the exclusion of Shooting.

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  India to host Men's Hockey World Cup in 2023

  November 27, 2019 19:05 IST

  While India will play host to the men's tournament, Spain and the Netherlands have been named as the co-host of the 2022 Women's World Cup scheduled to be held from July 1 to 22.

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  Chinki Yadav becomes India's 11th shooter to qualify for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

  November 08, 2019 14:03 IST

  She shot 296 to register a total of 588 in the qualifications. On Thursday, she had shot 292 to give herself the chance of securing one of the four available places for next year's Olympic Games.

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  Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty enter semifinals of China Open 2019

  November 08, 2019 12:49 IST

  Satwik and Chirag will take on top seeds and world no.1 Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo of Indonesia in the semifinals on Saturday.

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  China Open: Satwiksairaj/Chirag enter quarters, Indian challenge ends in singles

  November 07, 2019 19:05 IST

  Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty entered the quarterfinals of the China Open, but disappointment continued in the singles.

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  SAI's Mission Olympic Cell clears proposals worth Rs 70 lakh in seven sports

  November 07, 2019 18:57 IST

  Sports Authority of India (SAI) has cleared financial proposals worth Rs 70 lakh in a bid to support athletes.

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  Six-time world champion Mary Kom is now ‘Mary Kom OLY'

  November 07, 2019 15:48 IST

  Six-time world champion MC Mary Kom on Thursday expressed gratitude to the World Olympian Association (WOA) after it allowed her the use of post-nominal letters 'OLY'.

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  Pro League will serve as good preparation for Olympics: Rupinder Singh

  November 07, 2019 15:33 IST

  After opting out of the inaugural tournament last year, the Indian men's hockey team will open its campaign in the FIH Pro League against The Netherlands at home in January next year.

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  China Open: Parupalli Kashyap crashes out in 2nd round after loss to Victor Axelson

  November 07, 2019 12:28 IST

  Parupalli Kashyap lost 13-21, 19-21 to seventh seed Victor Axelson in a match that lasted 43 minutes at the Haixia Olympics Sports Center to crash out of the China Open.

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  China Open: Saina Nehwal bows out in first round; Kashyap, Praneeth cruise into second round

  November 06, 2019 14:35 IST

  Saina Nehwal lost 9-21 12-21 in the women's singles clash that lasted just 24 minutes to make an early exit from the China Open.